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	Rosewarne: Estuary English (1984)
		"Estuary English" is in a strong position to exert influence on the pronunciation of the future.
		For example, vowels in final position in "Estuary English" such as the /i:/ in "me" and the second /I/ in city, are longer than normally found in RP and may tend towards the quality of a diphthong.
		The intonation of "Estuary English" is characterized by frequent prominence being given to prepositions and auxiliary verbs which are not normally stressed in General RP.
	www.phon.ucl.ac.uk /home/estuary/rosew.htm (1869 words)

	estuary - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Chesapeake Bay is one of the largest estuaries of this type in the United States and was formed during the melting of the Pleistocene ice sheets (see Pleistocene epoch).
		The shape of an estuary affects the height of the tide; some estuaries (such as the Severn and the Bay of Fundy) are characterized by a wavelike tidal bore.
		Human impact on estuaries includes reclamation of tidal land by filling; pollution from sewage, solid waste, industrial effluent, and hot water; increased sedimentation filling the estuary; and alteration of the salinity of estuarine waters by withdrawal or increased influx of freshwater.
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-estuary.html (523 words)

	sociology - English language
		English is descended from the language spoken by Germanic tribes that migrated to the land that would become known as England.
		English is the primary language in Australia (Australian English), the Bahamas, Barbados (Caribbean English), Bermuda, Dominica, Gibraltar, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica (Jamaican English), New Zealand (New Zealand English), Antigua, St.
		English is the most widely used "second" and "learning" language in the world, and as such, many linguists believe, it is no longer the exclusive cultural emblem of "native English speakers," but rather a language that is absorbing aspects of cultures worldwide as it grows in use.
	www.aboutsociology.com /sociology/English_language (2913 words)

	Estuary English
		"Estuary English" is a term coined in 1984 by British linguist, David Rosewarne.
		In Estuary English realization of /r/ the "tip of the tongue is lowered and the central part raised to a position close to, but not touching, the soft palette." He describes it as sounding similar to a general American /r/ but without the retroflection.
		A person speaking Estuary English was being interviewed on London Broadcasting Corporation and stated that "Totters have been in operation FOR years." It was clear, given the response of the interviewer, that four, rather than the intended for, had been heard.
	www.ic.arizona.edu /~lsp/EstuaryEnglish.html (925 words)

	lg 474/ (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		The term Estuary English was coined in 1983 by David Rosewarne, who at the time was a postgraduate student of Applied Linguistics at Birkbeck College in the University of London, and first appeared in print in an article by Rosewarne which appeared in the Times Educational Supplement in 1984.
		The document was circulated to colleagues in the department of Phonetics and Linguistics at UCL in February 1994.
		Is it an accent of English or is it a dialect?
	www.essex.ac.uk /speech/teaching-01/474/maidment.html (3383 words)

	eHistLing - Modern English
		The changed relationships between English lects are the effects of the changed social and demographic patterns in England caused by the massive technological advances in modern times.
		However with the development of public school English to become RP – the accent of the social and educational elite – the use of non-standard pronunciation became a marker of low social status and lack of education by 1890.
		Estuary English is described as a mixture between RP and Cockney.
	www.ehistling-pub.meotod.de /01_lec05.php (3134 words)

	BBC - h2g2 - Estuary English - A655193
		Estuary English is a name given to the form of English widely spoken in and around London and, more generally, in the southeast of England -- along the river Thames and its estuary.
		The heartland of Estuary English lies by the banks of the Thames and its estuary, but it seems to be the most influential accent in the south-east of England.
		Estuary English also embraces the vocalisation of dark /l/, which sound terribly technical but is essentially very simple.
	www.bbc.co.uk /dna/h2g2/classic/A655193 (1431 words)

	Estuary English - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Estuary English is commonly described as a hybrid of Received Pronunciation (RP) and South Eastern Accents, particularly from the London, Kent and Essex area — i.e., the area around the Thames Estuary.
		Studies have indicated that Estuary English is not a single coherent form of English; rather, the reality behind the construct consists of some (but not all) phonetic features of working-class London speech spreading at various rates socially into middle-class speech and geographically into other accents of south-eastern England
		The case of Estuary English: supposed evidence and a perceptual approach.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Estuary_English (788 words)

	English alphabet and pronunciation
		English is a West Germanic language related to Dutch, Frisian and German with a significant amount of vocabulary from French, Latin, Greek and many other languages.
		English evolved from the Germanic languages brought to Britain by the Angles, Saxons, Jutes and other Germanic tribes, which are known collectively as Anglo-Saxon or Old English.
		Estuary English (the English spoken in London, along the Thames estuary and in the southeast of England): http://www.phon.ucl.ac.uk/home/estuary/
	www.omniglot.com /writing/english.htm (160 words)

	BBC News \| e-cyclopedia \| Estuary English: Nuffin wrong wiv it?
		The high priestess of Estuary English is Janet Street-Porter, whose unabashed accent has made an indelible impression on the viewing public.
		Estuary English was a term devised in 1984 by linguist David Rosewarne.
		Charles Owen of Birmingham University's english department said it did not matter to him at all that people speaking Estuary English should be appointed to top jobs.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/special_report/1999/02/99/e-cyclopedia/383359.stm (686 words)

	Lowlands-L Anniversary Celebration
		English morphology underwent radical simplification, and this caused the syntax to lose much of its earlier flexibility.
		Having changed little since the fourteenth century, todayâs English orthography is one of the most historical systems and takes much time and effort to master.
		Estuary English is the English dialect of the Thames Estuary and Home Counties.
	www.lowlands-l.net /anniversary/estuary-info.php (278 words)

	PADL- Post-Graduate Services to TEFL Teachers
		Estuary English is a mixture of non-regional and local south-eastern English pronunciation and intonation.
		Estuary English has spread northwards to Norwich and westwards to Cornwall, with the result that it is now spoken south of a line from the Wash to the Avon
		Estuary English is well established in BUSINESS CIRCLES, particularly the City, which used to be regarded as the preserve R.P. speakers.
	w100.padl.ac.at /LuF/e/est01.htm (1560 words)

	The rising tide of estuary English: the changing nature of oral British business communication. \| Business solutions ...
		No longer is R. English, English suitable to be received by royalty in court, the unchallenged standard for oral British business communication.
		Estuary English has inundated the British business community and is rapidly becoming the de facto standard for oral business communication.
		This article is based on a thorough search of the fragmentary Estuary English literature, only a little of which is business-related, and personal communication with Estuary English experts and critics, none of whom are business communication experts.
	www.allbusiness.com /specialty-businesses/509874-1.html (533 words)

	Received pronunciation
		However, there is huge resistance to Estuary English among quite large sections of society, as revealed in the persistent complaints in the media.
		Estuary English – together with, briefly in 1994, Milton Keynes English as we described it in our study (see Kerswill and Williams 2000) – was seen as the root of the evil.
		These people, typically, spoke Estuary English – they were upwardly mobile, and so had wider social contacts than their parents would have had.
	www.teachit.co.uk /armoore/lang/rp.htm (4572 words)

	Thames Estuary - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The estuary is one of the largest inlets on the coast of Great Britain and parts of it constitute a major shipping route.
		The inner Thames Estuary, now named Thames Gateway, on both banks of the river, has been designated as one of the principal development areas in Southern England by the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister, and much development is planned for this area.
		The form of speech of many of the people of the area, principally the accents of those from Kent and Essex, is often known as Estuary English.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Thames_Estuary (371 words)

	LINGUIST List 7.1602: Estuary English
		Linguists have described it as "a levelling of regional varieties towards London speech" and a "mixture of non-regional and local south-eastern English pronunciation and intonation".
		But in any case, altho the phenomenon of locative-prepositional stress is definitely in existence, it is NOT a feature of Estuary English, but of the register of radio journalism.
		I might also add that the label 'Estuary English', now well enough established not to be worth battling against, is actually yet another (if relatively trivial) example of the regional arrogance of the SouthEast within the UK: it takes for granted that 'Estuary' means the Thames Estuary.
	www.linguistlist.org /issues/7/7-1602.html (276 words)

	The Flatland Oracles
		Young English people prefer the estuary sound to the "received pronunciation" or "ruling class" accent of Oxford, the royal family, and people such as, for example, my husband Nick and his family.
		It's a comic effect that the English particularly prize (as well as anyone with an appreciation of English comedy), though obviously---as in the case of the unfortunate presenter--- there are drawbacks.
		I imagine that the extent to which estuary English and the 'absence of enthusiasm' and "impression of deliberateness" suggested by estuary intonation lends itself to deadpan statements has something to do with its trendiness.
	blogs.salon.com /0004312/categories/angloSaxonAttitudes/2006/07/05.html (2180 words)

	BBC News \| Education \| Rising tide of Estuary English
		Received pronunciation of English, once the hallmark of education and breeding, is said to be succumbing to the influence of what used to be regarded as "common" speech.
		A paper presented at the British Association Festival of Science at Cardiff University traces the evolution of received pronunciation from the early 20th century to the present.
		Prof Wells draws a distinction between "the Queen's English" or "Standard English" - standard in respect of grammar, vocabulary and usage - and the way English is spoken.
	news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/education/167651.stm (412 words)

	bbc - radio 4 - routes of english
		Melvyn Bragg on Sir Winston Churchill's powerful use of the english language.
		Melvyn Bragg tells the story of the spread of spoken english round the world.
		English has become a world power, but it is not one language.
	www.bbc.co.uk /radio4/routesofenglish (193 words)

	LINGUIST List 7.1602: Estuary English (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-14)
		Linguists have described it as "a levelling of regional varieties towards London speech" and a "mixture of non-regional and local south-eastern English pronunciation and intonation".
		But in any case, altho the phenomenon of locative-prepositional stress is definitely in existence, it is NOT a feature of Estuary English, but of the register of radio journalism.
		I might also add that the label 'Estuary English', now well enough established not to be worth battling against, is actually yet another (if relatively trivial) example of the regional arrogance of the SouthEast within the UK: it takes for granted that 'Estuary' means the Thames Estuary.
	linguistlist.org /issues/7/7-1602.html (276 words)

	Language Log: Estuary English
		Adding to our discussion of the intricate dance of regional and social variation in British speech, Kate Joester emails a comment about Estuary English: I think there's probably another dimension in prejudice against Estuary English in particular.
		It's associated with "youth culture" and with being a fake accent acquired by speakers who are "really" something else in order to be youthful and cool.
		Here's a diagram from the Varieties of English site at Arizona, from the page on Estuary English, which makes a related point graphically.
	itre.cis.upenn.edu /~myl/languagelog/archives/001276.html (251 words)

	Dialects of English
		Highland English is pronounced in a lilting fashion with pure vowels.
		English was imposed upon the Irish, but they have made it their own and have contributed some of our finest literature.
		As with the English of the Scottish Highlands, the English of the west coast of Ireland, where Gaelic is still spoken, is lilting, with pure vowels.
	www.ship.edu /~cgboeree/dialectsofenglish.html (3577 words)

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		The popular Cockney dialect has recently been joined by a socially higher cousin, Estuary English, a mixture of Cockney pronunciation and more standard English.
		If one imagines a continuum with R.P. and popular London speech at either end, Estuary English speakers are to be found grouped in the middle ground.
		With the young generation in the south-east of England adopting Estuary English in varying degrees across a wide range of social allegiances, the prestige of this versatile variety can only grow.
	web.tiscali.it /njross/cockneyintro.htm (524 words)

	Received Pronunciation (RP) and Estuary English (EE)
		I speak British English, and i do know the difference between EE and RP but can someone tell me what is the MAIN REASON of using RP on media such as news channel and why not they just use EE instead?
		I recently read somewhere that the Estuary accent was slowly taking the place of Received Pronunciation in the UK.
		Estuary English is kind of half way between RP and Cockney.
	www.englishforums.com /English/ReceivedPronunciationEstuaryEnglish/xczx/Post.htm (622 words)

	Estuary English Q \| Antimoon Forum
		Generally speaking, it is pretty hard to say exactly what somebody who speaks Estuary would say, because Estuary is somewhat sketchily defined (similar to GenAm).
		However, most Estuary speakers would probably not say "wa'er" unless they were speaking very informally.
		What I mean is that most English speakers tend to "informalize" their speech from time to time to subtely switch to tone of what they're saying.
	www.antimoon.com /forum/t74.htm (339 words)

	Estuary English
		The sociolinguistics of modern RP Peter Trudgill; Professor of English Linguistics; University of Fribourg
		It is inaccurate because it suggests that we are talking about a new variety, which we are not; and because it suggests that it is a variety of English confined to the banks of the Thames Estuary, which it is not.
		The dialects and accents associated with these areas are much less different from one another, and much less different from RP and Standard English, than the Traditional Dialects were.
	www.universalteacher.org.uk /lang/estuary.htm (2469 words)

	Estuary English : album review
		Let's face it, the majority of "dance compilation" albums are just insipid collections of junk, with two decent songs thrown in an attempt to give them some sort of redeeming factor.
		Although Estuary English are named as a dance label, this is not cheesy nightclub type junk.
		This is too funky, relaxing, and most importantly too damn smart to be grouped in with other compilations.
	www.musicomh.com /albums/estuary-english.htm (511 words)

	UsingEnglish.com ESL Forum - View Single Post - Estuary English as a Pronunciation Model
		I am interested in how English teachers nowadays view "Estuary English" as a pronunciation model for TEFL.
		Has any research been done on foreign students' attitudes towards Estuary English in the classroom?
		An Estuary English web site regularly maintained by J.C. Wells, Department of Phonetics and Linguistics, University College London provides web links to "scholarly articles, papers, lectures, web sites and "light journalism."
	www.usingenglish.com /forum/37068-post4.html (77 words)

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